sunsetzen Member

^^this. All of this.

For actual meat balls, I mix one or two eggs with half a kg of beef (from the butcher--less water that way), s&p, marjoram, garlic, diced onion, and one or two slices of bread (soak with water or milk and squeeze out). Form loaf, bake at 180C for an hour. For the lentil balls, used 250g red lentils cooked and cooled, diced…

Eat if you're hungry. The name of the meal you eat and the time you eat it at doesnt really matter.

I break it down into body areas. I think adding it up, although it sounds impressive, isnt accurate and doesnt give enough info. I mean, you might have lost 11 inches in total, but if you look at your body in a frame, you've lost 3 inches from that frame and +1 from the waist and hips. I personally measure the chest,…

How big were they when you were a teenager? In my experience, boobs after losing weight should be back at that size. So if you were a B cup then, it might go back. If you were already a D, it probably wont get smaller.

Irishscarlett, candied yams! Mmm :)

Most people that had dental surgery like this end up losing weight because when you cant eat or drink most things, that tends to create a huge deficit. Dont worry about weight loss and just focus on healing. When I had surgery for my wisdom teeth, I ended up with an infection in the wound of one of my former wisdom teeth…

I eat as much as I want.

I try not to think about whats happened until now. I just focus on today and my goal. One day is easy for me to focus on.

At higher weights TDEE - 20-30% is fairly normal. At 20%, your calorie intake including exercise would be 4508. At 30%, 3944.5. So, eat between 3944 and 4508 for a while and adjust as necessary. This is the one I used: http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

Poor posture gives you the appearance of having more belly fat, and having good posture and a strong core can help reduce that.

Sometimes I weigh less at night than I do at other times, but I tend to retain a lot of water after having given birth. I weigh 7kg less than I did before I got pregnant and my rings used to fit, but they still mostly dont (some days my fingers deflate and I can wear them for a few hours).

When were you over your limit? You only went over 1000 calories once, and even then, you didnt eat your limit of 1200. You need to work on EATING!

I rarely have an unhealthy meal, but the healthiest was roasted cauliflower, roasted carrots and cod with grainy mustard-greek yoghurt coating. Tonight, I'm making veggie-lentil 'meat'balls with mashed potatoes (mashed with chicken broth not milk/butter) and peas/carrots.

I got pregnant when I was 265 (I'm 5'7"). I gained 22 lbs without eating extra or exercising less (in fact, when I was 37 weeks pregnant, I went on a 10km hike, and rode my bike to my midwife's appointment until I was 40 weeks pregnant). Dont try to lose weight or TRY not to gain weight. Eat normal servings of healthy…

I don't know how many calories you're allotted daily, but eating 3500 calories in one day more than likely won't do anything to your progress, and you might still lose weight.

Wait, POUTINE is unhealthy? She's uninvited!!! And can you invite me? I love poutine.:love:

Face and waist. My face slimmed down almost immediately and I lost 5 inches off my waist. My hips and bust are verrrrrrrry slowly reducing.

I care more about measurements than weight. I've always weighed more than I looked so its nbd.

I hate sharing food, but I'll grudgingly do it for my 2 year old. She's too damn cute :grumble: Except for steak, thats ALL mine. Mine!!!

I think you put in to lose 2lbs a week right? Perhaps change the goal to be losing .5 lbs a week and eat at that level. People who dont have much weight to lose shouldnt try to be too aggressive with their weight loss. The only thing you can do if you plateau at 1200 is increase calories. Or you can start eating at higher…

Take a pregnancy test if you missed your period week completely, and if its negative, go to the doctor and get a blood pregnancy test to be sure. If thats negative, ask your doctor for further medical advice.

It would be easier to give advice if your diary was open,

I make sure I have calories for snacks. I dont deprive myself. I also dont eat the kids' school snacks. But I do have a container with a difficult lid that I put all our other snacks in. I portion out the snack, put the lid back on and put it back in the back of the deepest cupboard. That way, I really have to consciously…

The person who didnt eat it gets it the next day...

I've tried to cook so there arent any leftovers but if there are, even from plates, we put them into a container and in the fridge. If its not worth it and not spiced, I give it to my dog or the green bin.

I measure the smallest circumfrence of my sides. As I lose weight, it gets lower and closer to the '2 inches above bellybutton' area.

14.5 kg (like, 32 lbs I think) in about 90 days.

500 extra per day. Dont forget to drink more water directly after feeding. That makes a difference with hunger too.

Why cant you go anywhere? After my daughter was born, I walked with her and my dog outside every day.